All about Static of the Gods: Post Details

About half of the songs we’re recording will feature some fabulous Fender Baritone Jaguar; in some songs it plays a leading role.  It’s beautiful sounding guitar with a ton of character and depth.

Trying to record it though, is a little bit more difficult.  It has a tone somewhere between a guitar and bass, though it definitely leans more towards the lower, bassier side, since most of the tone we user comes from a bass rig (Ampeg SVT-VR head and 6×12 cab).

Lately, we’ve found that we get the best recorded tone by also playing through a Vox AC30, which adds some bite, clarity and high end responce that isn’t there through the bass setup.

To record the bass side of things, we end up with 4 tracks; 2 mics (AKG D112 and Shure Beta 52), a direct from the SansAmp, and direct from the head.  On the AC30, we’ve found that a Rode NT5 right against the grill sounds great, helped out by the old stand by Shure SM57, and a Shure KSM27 a little further away.

Anyway, i’ll post some audio samples of what all this sounds like shortly.  But for now, it’s time to enjoy what’s left of a beautiful sunday evening.